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Yellow Dung Fly

Scathophaga stercoraria

Description:

It was very small, about 6-8mm long.

1 Species ID Suggestions

Fyn Kynd
Fyn Kynd 11 years ago
Dung Fly
Scathophaga sp. Scathophaga - Overview


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3 Comments

Fyn  Kynd
Fyn Kynd 11 years ago

You're very welcome!

PedroNicolau
PedroNicolau 11 years ago

According to Portugal's Biodiversity Database, there are 3 species of the Scathophaga genus in Portugal - litorea, lutarea and stercoraria. Stercoraria morphologically is the most similar and appears to be the most abundant/well-documented, so I guess we have a winner!

Thank you so much, Fyn.

Fyn  Kynd
Fyn Kynd 11 years ago

Not sure what species you have there...

PedroNicolau
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PedroNicolau

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Spotted on Apr 28, 2013
Submitted on Apr 28, 2013

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